DAN vs. GNTX, LEA, ALSN, MOD, DORM, LCII, THRM, AXL, SMP, and SRI
Should you be buying Dana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dana include Gentex (GNTX), Lear (LEA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Modine Manufacturing (MOD), Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), Gentherm (THRM), American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Standard Motor Products (SMP), and Stoneridge (SRI). These companies are all part of the "auto parts & equipment" industry.
Dana (NYSE:DAN) and Gentex (NASDAQ:GNTX) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.
Dana has a beta of 2.46, suggesting that its share price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gentex has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Gentex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Dana. Gentex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dana pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Gentex pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Dana pays out 444.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gentex pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Gentex has a net margin of 18.77% compared to Dana's net margin of 0.12%. Gentex's return on equity of 19.19% beat Dana's return on equity.
96.8% of Dana shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Gentex shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Dana shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Gentex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Dana received 119 more outperform votes than Gentex when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.52% of users gave Gentex an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave Dana an outperform vote.
Dana presently has a consensus price target of $16.67, suggesting a potential upside of 18.54%. Gentex has a consensus price target of $37.83, suggesting a potential upside of 8.10%. Given Dana's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dana is more favorable than Gentex.
In the previous week, Gentex had 10 more articles in the media than Dana. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Gentex and 2 mentions for Dana. Dana's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Gentex's score of 0.97 indicating that Dana is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Gentex beats Dana on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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